engi weapon

# Oct 12, 2009 at 2:36 PM

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El_Hanso 89399

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I had this idea for a engi wep:

the lasso (need better name)

it replaces shotgun or pistol (dunno yet), and can be used to pull players ... meters.
this may sound like: "What the f*ck is good about that?!" but imagine:

scenario 1: A scout knows the position of your sentry and has been killing teammates without getting near it, u are getting pretty pissed. Then u get the lasso and pull him behind a corner into the view of your sentry. *BLABLABLAAAAAM* "AARGH".... And no more scout

scenario 2: A medic and heavy are coming with an uber. The sentries won't survive Oh no! But, as soon as the medic deploys his uber, you grab A: the medic, making the heavy lose his uber and dieing. B: the heavy, making the uber completely wasted.

EDIT: scenario 3: A scout uses Bonk! to jump over ur sentry and get shot to ur last cap. that isn't right! ur sentry's helping him! but just use ur Lasso to grab him and pull him back. Bonk! works out. *BLABLABLAAAAAM* "AARGH".... And no more scout

I know it still needs a lot of balancing, like 15 sec recharge time or something
Just was wondering what u might think of it.

# Oct 12, 2009 at 3:39 PM

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WarningSDE 85254

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Quote:

Originally Posted by El_Hanso
I had this idea for an Engi wepon:

The Lasso (need better name)

It replaces the shotgun or pistol (I havn't decided yet), and can be used to pull players.
This may sound like something in which you would say: "What the f*ck is good about that?!" but imagine:

Scenario 1: A scout knows the position of your sentry and has been killing your teammates without getting near it; you are getting pretty pissed. Then you use the lasso and pull him behind a corner into the view of your sentry. *BLABLABLAAAAAM* "AARGH".... And no more scout

Scenario 2: A medic and heavy are coming with an uber. The sentries won't survive Oh no! But, as soon as the medic deploys his uber, you grab either A: the medic, making the heavy lose his uber and dieing, or B: the heavy, making the uber completely wasted.

Scenario 3: A scout uses Bonk! to jump over your sentry and get shot to your last point. DAT JUST AINT RITE. Your sentry's helping him! But just use your Lasso to grab him and pull him back. Bonk! works out. *BLABLABLAAAAAM* "AARGH".... And no more scout

I know it still needs a lot of balancing, like 15 sec recharge time or something
I was just was wondering what you forum goers might think of it.

It definetely is an interesting idea. However, many people would be opposed to the idea of taking control out of the players hands, as well as another way of breaking up Ubers

Also, how exactly would it work? Would it home in on the enemy or not? Because otherwise, the lasso would be very easy to dodge

# Oct 12, 2009 at 3:40 PM

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Elandriel 81298

Oh dear.

# Oct 12, 2009 at 3:50 PM

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El_Hanso 89399

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@ WarningSDE:
I had this idea 10 mins before making this post, i just cant think about stuff longer than that

Actually i was thinking about just throwing it at the enemy like sandman (only straight) and if u get hit by it, u just move to engi (pretty fast ofc) but u would still be able to shoot, though it would take fast reaction to turn around and shoot the egni before u are in range of his shotgun/wrench/sentry.
I didnt mean it to break ubers actually, but i have no idea how to make it so that this isn't the main use for it.